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LATIN PAIRS

1) Bona fide /’bəʊnə ‘faɪdi/

adjective
real, true, and not intended to deceive anyone, not false or artificial
Only bona fide members are allowed to use the club pool.
* a bona fide job offer
* But during this season, which has failed to turn up one bona fide breakaway
hit, it seems harder than ever.

2) Inter alia /ɪntər ’eɪliə, -‘ɑːliə /

formal / adverb
among other things
* The paper discussed, inter alia, political, economic, and social issues.

3) Caveat emptor /‘kæviæt ‘emptɔː, ‘keɪviæt ‘emptɔː/

noun [uncountable] law

the principle that the person who buys something is responsible for checking
that it is not broken, damaged etc.
* But caveat emptor, once you're home, you're on your own.
* It is very much a case of caveat emptor.
* My final words would be caveat emptor - let the buyer beware.
* Soon enough we were back to believing that caveat emptor was the motto of
every good shopper.
* The caveat emptor doctrine has been mitigated by the implied terms as to
quality.
* There's a legal term, caveat emptor, which means buyer beware, so when
viewing it pays to be suspicious.
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* When it comes to polling, surveys, and public opinion research, caveat emptor
is the rule, not the exception.

4) Obiter dicta

Words of an opinion entirely unnecesary for the decision of the case.

A remark made, or opinion expressed, by a judge, in his decision upon a case,
“by the way”, that is, incidentally or collaterally, not directly upon the question
before him, or upon a point not necessarily involved in the determination of the
cause, or introduced by way of illustration, or analogy or argument.

Dictum the abbreviated form of orbiter dictum.

Dicta are opinions of a judge which do not embody the resolution or

determination of the court, and made without argument, or full consideration of
the point, are not the professed deliberate determinations of the judge himself

5) Vice versa /’vaɪs ‘vɜːsə, ‘vaɪsi ‘vɜːsə /

adverb
used to say that the opposite of a situation you have just described is also true,
someone or something that is completely different from someone or
something else
* The boys may refuse to play with the girls, and vice versa.
* There's a bag for you and a box for Tom, or vice versa.

6) Viva voce /’vaɪvə ‘vəʊtʆi, ’vaɪvə ‘vəʊsi /

noun [countable] British English

a spoken examination taken at the end of a university course.
* In May she came to Oxford for her D. Phil viva.
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* Remember vivas and interviews; candidates dig their own pits quite happily,
with minimal help from the examiners.

7) Compos menti / ‘kɒmpəs ‘menti/

adjective [not before noun]

able to think clearly and be responsible for your actions - often used
humorously

8) Sui Generis
Of its own kind or class; i.e. the only one of its own kind; peculiar.

9) Toties quoties
As often as occasion shall arise.

10) Inter vivos /ɪntər ‘vi’vəʊz/

Between the living; from one living person to another. Where property passes by
conveyance, the transaction is said to be inter vivos, to distinguish it from a case
of succession or devise. So an ordinary gift from one person to another is called
“gift inter vivos” to distinguish it from a gift made in contemplation of death
(mortis causa) or a testamentary gift.

11) Habeas Corpus /’heɪbiəs ‘kɔːpəs /

noun [uncountable] law

a law which says that a person can only be kept in prison following a court's
decision
* But habeas corpus is in fact a federal civil proceeding, where much broader
rules apply.
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* Had he seen a challenge to the controversial habeas corpus situation as a means

to garner attention?
* His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the circuit court.
* Kennedy and other opponents of habeas corpus reform made a last-minute
appeal to have the provision stripped from the bill.
* The first effectively eliminated the filing of successive habeas corpus claims.
* The Senate added restrictions on habeas corpus, or the right of prisoners to
appeal against death sentences.
* Yet the bill that has emerged from conference still includes the habeas corpus
restrictions and the easier deportation rules.

12) Ipso facto /’ɪpsəʊ ‘fæktəʊ/

formal / adverb
used to show that something is known from or proved by the facts

13) Doli capax

Capable of malice or criminal intention; having sufficient discretion and
intelligence to distinguish between right and wrong, and so to become amenable
to the criminal laws.

14) Per capita / pə ‘kæpətə/ / pə ‘kæpɪtə/

formal / adjective
used to describe the average amount of something in a particular place,
calculated
* According to the number of people who live there
* The country's per capita income…
* The number of crimes that occur per capita…
* Per capita income rose by 1.2% last year.
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15) Prima facie /’praɪmə feɪʆi/

adjective [only before noun] law

based on what seems to be true when you first consider a situation, even
though it may later be proved to be untrue
* Prima facie evidence…
* A prima facie case of professional misconduct…
* A prima facie case against him.